How to improve your dating skills
- Mon Nov 28 2011
- Sarah Treleaven
When you're single, dating can be extremely fun and elating - but it can also be a bit of a downer. Here, Kimberly Moffit, Relationship Insider for Match.com, explains why Canadians like to prepare a dating exit strategy when dating and how to have a happier dating life.
How to improve your dating skills
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Five summer things that make me happy
- Mon Jun 20 2011
- Sarah Treleaven
In honour of tomorrow being the first day of summer, I have compiled a list of things that I love but usually only have access to during the summer months — just in case we're not all excited enough about the impending heat.
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Does sexism make me happy?
- Fri Jun 17 2011
- Sarah Treleaven
When I go out on a first date with someone new, one of the inevitable questions my friends will ask is "Did he pay?" If I say yes, they usually nod approvingly. If I say no, that we split the bill, they also nod — but it's usually a little more hesitant and accompanied by pursed lips. "Hmmm..." they appear to be thinking, "that's a bad sign."
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Can you be happy and single — forever?
- Tue May 24 2011
- Sarah Treleaven
Over at Salon.com, Alexandra Gelfenbein has written — "But Mom, what if I don't want to get married?" — about how one learns to be single in a sea of advice about how to get and keep a man. At 27, she's tempted to keep her Russian Jewish mother happy by continuing to date a nice Jewish lawyer who looks good on paper but leaves her cold every time she kisses him. Her mother likes to say things like, "And you wonder why you aren't married yet?" and give her lots of helpful advice, like that she shouldn't introduce any of her prettier friends to prospective suitors. (Oh, moms!)
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In defense of my not-so-love life
- Mon May 16 2011
- Sarah Treleaven
The other day, speed walking to an appointment to get my hair cut, I realized that I was becoming anxious over my (completely lovely) hairdresser's inevitable question: So what's going on with your love life? (The classic Bridget Jones' question.) The answer, at the moment, is zilch. Nada. Nothing.
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Mommy wars: How not to judge the Thong Mom
- Sat Nov 27 2010
- Astrid Van Den Broek
Sometimes getting moms together can be like getting a few girls together for a play date— three’s a crowd and someone’s gonna get talked about or left out. So was the case back in my daughter’s music class five years ago.
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